The Dead,s Bralove on Life, Art and LSD

[JRL]

//http://www.wineandbowties.com/art/life-art-lsd-a-conversation-with-bob-bralove-2/#more-21347

[laughingwillow]

Interesting art work, but my browser kept getting hung up at the linked site.

lw

[JRL]

Pictures loaded slow but i could get to the end.

This was interesting, I like how matter of fact and unapologetic he is:


I take inspiration from any place I can get it. I tend to get inspired by being in touch with the tools. A color, a feeling, or even an idea can take me to painting, but it is when the brush is in hand and I am spreading paint on the canvas, that something happens where I feel like I am lost in the moment. Nothing seems to be there but connection between my hand the brush, color, shape and form. I also like to take LSD for inspiration. One LSD trip can fuel ideas for paintings that can last for years. If you are familiar with the experience you know that there is a point in the trip where you feel a total connectedness with the things around you. That sense can allow you to see things differently.

[JRL]

And furthur:

Certainly there are times when your vision is enhanced, but I am talking about the seeing that is in the mind. It is artistically freeing and a source of great inspiration for me. I tend not to make my initial pursuits in a series of paintings very intellectual. I don't have a concept defined by words before I paint. I may start with one color or a blending of colors and see where it takes me, how it makes me feel, or how it makes me paint. Eventually something falls together and I like the image. It is at this point, and not before, that I begin to add intellectual analysis and make decisions about shape and form. The more I paint the less distinct these stages are. But since so far all of my paintings come from my imagination and not real world images there is no need to move out of the medium itself until the concept is formed. Once the visual idea is there it gets developed in a painting or series of paintings in a more intellectual way.

[judih]

His paintings alone provide massive inspiration.
thanks,jrl